High school beer brewing assignment draws controversy

A Colorado high school chemistry class offered an extra credit assignment involving the anaerobic fermentation performed by yeast cells, commonly used by humans to produce beer. In fact, the assignment involved taking a tour to the local Coors light brewery. Because of this little detail, some parents are upset, just as I would be. I wouldn't want my kids growing up to be Coors drinkers either. It's simply unethical to push bad taste on students that young. According to the article, the legal drinking age is 21. First of all, this is news to me. Some parents object to exposing children to anything about alcohol on a moral or religious basis. This same discretion is unilaterally applied to any other ways to make education interesting. However, in the context of the aftermath of some recent high school rape cases involving alcohol, I can see why they might be on edge. At the same time, however, high school kids drink. Always have, always will. So if the last thing you want to do is educate your children about alcohol, then I believe you need to reevaluate your priorities.
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